Ironing board and cabinet therefor



Nov. 26, 1957 E. A. ORR

I IRONING BOARD AND CABINET THEREFOR Filed Aug. 8, 1955 INVENTOR. ZZ/n d/d fi. 0m

United States Patent IRONING BOARD AND CABINET THEREFOR Edward A. Orr, North Platte, Nebr.

Application August 8, 1955, Serial No. 527,060

1 Claim. (Cl. 38-104) This invention relates to improvements and appliances especially adapted for use in the home and more particularly to a combination ironing board and cabinet, the primary object being to provide an inexpensive, attractive, easily operated composite unit embodying an ironing board and a cabinet therefor which requires a relatively small amount of space and is, therefore, adapted for use in small kitchens, utility rooms and apartments.

It is the most important object of the instant invention to provide a cabinet adapted to receive or house an ironing board during non-use with the board disposed diagonally at an angle in the cabinet, and having the novel guide arrangement permitting pulling of the board to an operative position extending from, and supported by the cabinet.

Another object of the present invention is to provide inclined tracks in a cabinet of the aforementioned character for receiving rollers on the ironing board, all to the end that the board may be shifted to and from a position housed within the cabinet and permitting use of other parts of the cabinet for storage purposes.

A still further object of the instant invention is to improve upon the disclosure of my copending application Serial No. 276,954, filed March 17, 1952, now abandoned, this being a continuation-in-part thereof.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perpective view of an ironing board and cabinet therefor made pursuant to my instant invention.

Fig. 2 is an elevational view with one side wall of the cabinet removed; and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary, cross-sectional view taken on line IIIIII of Fig. 2.

Hollow cabinet includes a pair of side walls 12 and 14, a front wall 16, a rear Wall 18 and a bottom 20, the wall 16 having a door 22 for rendering the interior of the cabinet accessible.

An ironing board 24 has a bracket 26 secured thereto at one of its ends and which bracket 26 is provided with a pair of lateral ears 28 mounting guide rollers 30. Rollers 30 ride in channel-shaped, inwardly facing tracks 32 secured in any suitable manner to the inner faces of walls 12 and 14 and disposed on an incline extending diagonally from the bottom wall adjacent rear wall 18 toward the top of the cabinet 10 and the front wall 16.

A foraminous, prefer-ably metallic or other heat-proof shelf 34, spans the distance across the side walls 12 and 14 at the top of the cabinet 10 and is secured directly to the said side walls 12 and 14. Shelf 34 is spaced substantially midway between the walls 16 and 18 coplanar with the ironing board 24 when the latter is in an operative position as shown in Fig. 1, resting upon the uppermost edge Cir 2,814,137 Patented Nov. 26, 1957 36 of the top wall 16.- A shelf 38 extending inwardly from the wall 16 at the edge 36 also supports the ironing board 24 and is, therefore, within a horizontal plane slightly lower than the plane of shelf 34.

The innermost end of the ironing board may be held against upward movement to preventing tipping of the board 24 on the edge 36 and shelf 38 in any suitable manner such as by closing the upper ends of the channel tracks 32 and against which such closed ends the rollers abut when the board 24 is in the position shown in Fig. 1. However, the bracket 26 may be provided with an extension or tongue 40 adapted to underlie the shelf 34 in the manner illustrated by dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawing.

When the board 24 is housed in the cabinet 10, the uppermost end thereof extends through the space provided between shelves 34 and 38 and thereupon, a lid 42 may be swung to the closed position as shown by full lines in Fig. 2 presenting a fiat working surface at the top of cabinet 10. Auxiliary shelving 44 within the cabinet 10 is adapted to receive iron 46 and other necessary equipment such as water supply containers for steam lrons.

It is seen that by virtue of the provision of shelf 34, the board 24 may be shorter than is conventional in devices of this type and that the space necessary for storage thereof is reduced. Such space reduction is also accomplished by disposing of the board 24 on an incline extending diagonally across the cabinet 10, all without sacrificing the utility of the cabinet in storage of additional articles. For example, the space beneath the board 24 may be employed and is accessible through the use of door 22. It is seen also that, as the board 24 is grasped and pulled upwardly and outwardly, rollers 30 will roll along the tracks 32 and cause the board 24 to assume the proper horizontal position when laid upon the shelf 38 and the edge 36.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

In an appliance of the kind described, a hollow, open top cabinet having a front wall provided with an uppermost edge, and a pair of spaced side walls; a horizontal shelf spaced from said front wall and spanning the distance between the side Walls at the uppermost ends of the latter; an iron-ing board normally resting on said edge and extending outwardly beyond the front wall; a bracket on one end of said board and engaging the shelf therebeneath when the board is resting on said edge; an inclined, inwardly-facing, elongated channel mounted on the innermost face of each side wall respectively and sloping upwardly and outwardly toward said edge; rollers on the bracket engaging in said channels for movement of the board to a position disposed in an inclined position within the cabinet, extending diagonally from said edge toward the rearmost and lowermost end of the cabinet; and a hollow, vertically swingable lid mounted on the cabinet for movement to a position closing said open end to house the board in the cabinet.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,568,228 Lippert Jan. 5, 1926 2,011,251 Michelson Aug. 13, 1935 2,523,425 Gargaglione Sept. 26, 1956 

